Vehicle wheel



1. SALUS.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

Feb; 27, 1923.-

2 SHEETSSHEET HLED JUNE 14. I921.

m M J 7 Feb. 27, 1923.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

HLED JUNE 14, 1921. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

l llt fitter neg Patented Feb. 27, 1923.

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Josnrn series, or ST. PAUL, ivrrivnnsorn.

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Application filed June 1 1,

To all whom it mag concern 3 Be it known that I, Josnrrr Sixties, a citi- Zen of the United States oi America, residing at St. Paul, in the county otf'llamsey and State of Minnesota, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle Nheels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in vehicle wheels and has particular reference to a wheel especially designed for automobiles wherein the rim portion thereof carries the usual pneumatic or cushion tire with tensioned spokes connecting the rim to the wheelhub.

The primary object of the invention resides in the provision ot a vehicle wheel of the automobile type wherein cushion springs are associated with telescoping spoke members with novel devices connecting the opposite ends of the spoke members to the wheel huband rim.

With the above general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel "form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed. i

In the drawing, wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevational view, partly in section of an automobile wheel constructed in accordance with the present invention,

Figure 2 is a sectional viewtalren on line II--II of Fig. 1 showing the connection between the inner end ota spoke and adjacent hub plates,

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line III-III of Fig. 1 showing the connection between the inner end of :1 spoke and the spaced hub plates, I

Figure 4: is a side elevational view of one of the hub plates showing the star points providing the mounting for the inner ends of the spokes,

Figure 5 is an edge view of the same,

Figure 6 shows side, edge and bottom plan views of the screw block connected to the inner end of the spoke,

Figure 7 shows side elevational views of the anchoring bolt and nut for securing the outer end of the spoke tothe wheel rim, and

Figure 8 shows side, edge and top plan 1921 Serial Nae-r1434.

views of the screw block for securing the outer end of the spoke to the. anchoring bolt and nut.

Referring more in detail to the accom panying drawings andparticularlyto Fig. 1 there is illustrated an automobile wheel embodying a tire section 1 carried by a rim 2 secured to the telly 3 bythe clamping plates 4.

The wheel hub embodies four plates 5 having centra-laxial receiving openings 6 and radial star points 7 provided with bolt receiving openings 8, the outerplates 5 as shown in Fig. 3 having the star points 7 transversely alined while the intermediate inner hub plates 5 have the star points ,7

alined at the spaces between the star points of the outer plates as shown in Fig. 2 so that the inner ends of the spokes will be secured to the hub in a direct circumferential line. l w i 1 Each spoke embodies an outer tubular section 9 and an inner tubular section 10 telescoping therein, the outer end of the tubular bular spoke section 10 being secured recleric-E spectively to the telly 3 andthe hub plates The connection between the outer tiibii? lar section 9 and the telly 3 embodies ascrew bolt 11 passed through a radial opening 12 in the telly with the nut 13 threaded upon the outer endof the bolt 12 andcountersunk within the telly as shown in Fig. 1'.

provide side arms 1-1 between which theflange 15 upon the screw plug 16-is received, the arms 1% and flange 15 being provided with registering openings 1 1" and 15 respectively for receiving the pivotpm 17. The screw plug 16 is threaded into the outer end of the tubular spoke section 9 as shown in Fig. 1. I

The connection between the inner end of the tubular spoke section 10 and the hub plates 5 includes a-threaded plug 18 having a flange 19 upon one face thereof provided with an aperture 19, the plug 18 being threaded into the inner end of the tubular spoke section 10 with a pin 20 passed through each of the openings 8 intransverseljv alined star points 7 of the plates 5 pivotally received in the opening 19 in the plug flange 19. The inner end of one tubular spoke section 10 is supported on a pin 20 that is mounted in the outwardly positioned 7 plates as shown in Fig. 3 and to properly osition the inner end or the sooke s aacin .L 7 h collars 21 are mounted on the pin between the plug flange 19 and thevouter plates The adjacent spoke is supported on a pin 20 in star points 7 of the inwardly positioned adjacent hubpla'tes 5, the flange '19 ot' the screw plug 18 engaging at its opposite sides the adjacent hub plates 5 without the necessity of providing additional spacing collars. I The advantages or" providing a wheel hub constructed as above described will be readily apparent. The embodiment of the four plates havingithe star points '7 not only provides for substantially reinlforo.

ing the wheel hub but each alternate spoke 10, constituting 111 reality one series or' spokes, is adapted to be pivotally engaged with the inner plates while the adjacent 'while the. outer end of the spring extends into a terminal opening in the inner end of the plunger rod 22 and is there secured by the crosspinQA. A coil spring 25 surrounds the plunger rod 22, the same engaging at its inner end, the outer end or" the inner tubular spokesection 10 and at its outer end the screw plug 16.

It will, therefore, be seen that the plunger rod 22 provides a guide for the telescoping tubular spoke sections 9 and 10 and an attachment for the cushion spring 23, wh le the tubular spoke sections are further maintained in resilient'association by the coil spring 25, interposed between the block 16 and the inner spoke section 10. particular arrangement ofthe hub plates provides for the circumferential aliuemeiit Also, the

of the inner ends otthe spokes, while each spoke is pivotally supported at its inner and outer end upon the hub and telly respectively. j i v /Vhile there is herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope-oi theinvention as claimed.

WV hat is claimed ,as new is l. In a vehiclewheel, a hub comprising a pairof inner and outer star-shaped plates, the points of the inner plates being trans v'ersely alined, and the points of the outer plates being transversely alined and arranged in staggered r lation in respect to the points oi the inner plates.

2. In a vehiclewheel having spokes connecting the hub andfelly,a hub comprising a pair of inner and outer star-shaped plates, the points of the inner plates being trans-- versely alined, and the points of the outer plates being transversely alined and arranged in staggered relation in respect to the points of the inner plates, and means for connecting the spokes to the said hub, said means including pivotal connections between the spokes and the points of the respective pairs of star-shaped plates.

3.111 a vehicle wheel having spokes connecting the hub and telly, a hub comprising apair or inner and outer star-shaped plates, the points of the inner plates being transversely 'alined, and the points oi the outer plates being transversely alined and arranged in staggered relation in respect to the points of the inner plates, and means for connecting the spokes to the hub, said means including pivotal connections between'the spokes and the points of the respective pairs ofstar shaped plates, said connections comprising blocks secured to. the

inner ends of the spokes, pivot pins connecting the blocks to the alined points of the star-shaped plates, and spacingcollars supported on said pins between the outer plates and the blocks. c i I In testimony whereof I aflix'my si nature.

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